A loop network for general purpose data communications in a heterogeneous world
Thomas E. Hassing, Raymond M. Hampton, Gerald W. Bailey, Robert S. Gardella · 1973
How do you interconnect a large, heterogeneous group of computers, batch terminals and conversational terminals to form a general purpose network of computing resources? What techniques and technologies can be applied to maximize throughput and minimize response times? Is major surgery on host processor operating systems really necessary to interface to a communications network?